Infectious diseases 2025, February

Hospital infections are a serious problem and can be easily minimized. Prof. Didier Pittet - a Swiss scientist - proved that proper hygiene ...…

Coccidioidomycosis is a fungal infection also known as California Valley Fever. Symptoms of coccidioidomycosis may not be noticeable to you, but some ...…

The Novavax vaccine is another COVID-19 vaccine - the fourth against which the European Medicines Agency has launched the so-called accelerated assessment, i.e. rolling review ...…

So far, two COVID-19 vaccines are available in Poland - ultimately there will be five of them. They are produced by various companies - the Pfizer / BioNTech consortium and Moderna. But no ...…

The AstraZeneca vaccine is another COVID-19 vaccine that has been marketed in the European Union. In Poland, the AstraZeneca vaccine will be vaccinated ...…

Masks with a filter protect against harmful particles, smog, dust and are responsible for the filtration of impurities. Currently, they are also used to limit ...…

Mononucleosis (kissing disease) is an infectious disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, which multiplies best in the salivary glands. This is why mononucleosis ...…

Treatment of mononucleosis can be started after a proper diagnosis is made, and this is not easy at all. Fortunately, there are tests for mononucleosis that will help ...…

We spend statistically around two years of our lives in the bathroom. Therefore, it should be a comfortable place, and due to its specific role - also safe for he alth ...…

Immunologists from the Medical University of Warsaw have developed recommendations on how to strengthen our immune system in the face of the spreading coronavirus SA epidemic ...…

Sand flea is one of the few fleas found on humans. It causes a very unpleasant parasitic disease - tungosis. Untreated tungosis can ...…

The drug for Ebola is still experimental, but doctors have high hopes for it. It is a preparation called ZMapp, thanks to which we have already managed to send ...…

According to recent scientists' reports, the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus may have mutated into two different strains, one of them being much more aggressive than the other ...…

The coronavirus pandemic is for some a way to ... business or a joke. Sad, but true - do not be fooled and deceived, and treat many news ...…

Can you get infected with the virus from China a second time? It turns out that yes, which is confirmed by cases from China and Japan - in nearly 14 percent. people considered cured and ...…

In recent days, there have been reports that the virus from China can be contracted by touching or eating foods that he previously touched ...…

Phage therapy (phage therapy) is about fighting bacterial infections with viruses called bacteriophages or phages. Te…

We asked dr. Michał Sutkowski, spokesman of the College of Family Physicians in Poland and a family doctor, about the most bothering issues for Poles. Zo ...…

A cold for any guy is a real misfortune. When he has a runny nose and a fever, he turns into a helpless child. How do you get along with it? And how to help him ...…

We often call a cold and its symptoms the flu. These are two different diseases, although both are caused by viruses. Cold symptoms are milder and they progress more slowly ...…

The smallpox vaccine, developed by British doctor Edward Jenner, was the first to be used on a large scale. Thanks to the mass ...…

My daughter is 2 years and 4 months old. Can I get her flu shot?…

I'm going to India. Should I use anti-malarial drugs or is it enough to use repellants?…

I've had a pain in my left shoulder blade for almost 2 weeks. I thought I hit myself and I don't remember, or it was from the spine. This place has become very sensitive to minimal ...…

Candidiasis most often appears when immunity decreases. Therefore, a diet to support the fight against yeast overgrowth should strengthen the immune system and el ...…

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Johnson&Johnson Vaccine is another COVID-19 vaccine. Unlike other coronavirus vaccines, it is supposed to be a single-dose vaccine. W j ...…

New Zika virus detection tests have been developed. They make it possible to recognize not only the early types of infections, but also the former zika virus infections. Besides you ...…

To the question: "Did you have an HIV test", Polish women respond indignantly: "What for? I'm not a prostitute after all. " - Women in Poland are rarely examined ...…

Staphylococci commonly live in the surrounding environment. These are bacteria whose name comes from the fact that when attacking the human body, they concentrate in the characters ...…